Challenger Frances Parks defeated Cotuit Fire District Prudential Committee member Amy Kates in yesterday's election, and incumbent Ron Mycock defeated James Gardner for another term as fire commissioner.

Centerville Public Library is emptying the shelves of its temporary used bookstore at the Centerville Recreation Building on Main Street May 29 from noon to 4 p.m., May 30 and 31 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and June 1 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. All books are free.

Dorothy Savarese moved from Brewster to Barnstable, home of Revolutionary-era writer Mercy Otis Warren, but that’s not why the president and CEO of Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank was named Mercy Otis Warren Cape Cod Woman of the Year.